KrisEnergy starts oil platform development
KrisEnergy, an independent upstream oil and gas company, has started the development of facilities for a wellhead platform off Cambodia.
Total reaffirms commitment to Singapore as strategic hub
French energy giant Total officially opened its regional headquarters at Frasers Tower yesterday. The Cecil Street office, which occupies six floors and houses around 500 employees, will be its base for managing its business across the Asia-Pacific region.
PTTEP takes Energy Drilling’s rig for Thai drilling
Energy Drilling said earlier this week that this contract secured employment for the high specification tender rig EDrill-1, for a firm term of three years and four months with an option period of seven months. The Arthit field is located 230km offshore of Thailand’s Songkhla province in the Gulf of Thailand. The field lies at […]
Singapore to update climate pledge it made under Paris Agreement: Masagos
SINGAPORE – The Republic will soon be updating its climate pledge to guide its policies over the longer term, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Masagos Zulkifli said on Tuesday (Dec 10). This comes some five years after Singapore made its first climate pledge – which outlined its plans to limit its planet-warming greenhouse […]
DOE to hold a promotional run of Advanced Technology Vehicles in Quezon City
TAGUIG CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Energy Utilization Management Bureau (EUMB), will be conducting a Promotional Run of Advanced Technology Vehicles on Saturday, 14 December at the Quezon Memorial Grounds. Co-organized by the local government of Quezon City, the event is part of the DOE’s Alternative Fuels and Energy Technology Program. […]
With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia’s biggest rooftop farm
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangkok’s Thammasat University, one of the oldest in Thailand, has a new claim to fame: Asia’s largest urban rooftop farm. The 7,000 sq mt (75,000 sq ft) space mimics rice terraces in northern Thailand and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, such as frequent flooding, said […]
Indonesia eyes biodiesel with 40% bio-content between 2021-2022 – minister
JAKARTA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to implement a biodiesel programme with 40% bio-content (B40) between 2021-2022, coordinating minister overseeing energy Luhut Pandjaitan said on Tuesday.
South East Asia Solar Energy Market Forecasts to 2029: Data on Solar Demand, Energy Generation, Power Capacity
South East Asia is becoming one of the fastest-growing solar energy markets due to rising demand for electricity and abundance of the solar resource. The growing energy demand and favourable renewable related policies are attracting both domestic and global investors. We have seen a massive wave of solar power projects across Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines and […]
